Oceans & Forests Blog

This morning investor Tom Steyer sent a strongly worded letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to conduct an independent and transparent review of the State Department’s handling of the Keystone XL environmental review, including into whether staff shared details of the review with Canadian government officials before members of Congress had a chance to see it. This letter comes as the State Department’s Inspector General is conducting an inquiry into whether the contractor hired to conduct the review lied on its conflict of interest disclosure form.